Re: VPN to Windows 2003 server

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 09:40:59 -0500

it could be the master browser issue. try to use browstat to troubleshoot
it. 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:9b0801c43409$b293d7c0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>I am attemting to attach to my office network from a
> remote site via a VPN. The office is networked via a SOHO
> Watchguard router. I have successfullly established the
> VPN tunnel from the remote site to the SOHO box using
> Watchguard MUVPN remote user VPN software and am able to
> ping the server sucessfully. I am not able to see the
> shared resources of the server via Windows explorer from
> the remote site. Any input as to where I look for my
> errors.
>
> After working with the settings I now see the server when
> I bring up network neighborhood and when I click on the
> server icon in explorer it shows the folders I have set to
> share on the server. These folders also have a plus sign
> infront of the icons indicating that there are subfolders,
> but when I click on the plus sign it simply disappears and
> when I then click on one of the main folders after a few
> seconds a box comes up that says \\servername\folder is
> not accessible. the device does not exist on the network.
>
> Any additional help or direction would be greatly
> appreciated.
> thank you
>

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